AQA A Level Psychology

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AQA A Level Psychology Multi-store Model of Memory & Types of Long-Term Memory Contents Multi-store Model of Memory (MSM) Types of Long-term Memory Your notes © 2025 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 1 Multi-store Model of Memory (MSM) Sensory register: coding, capacity & duration The multi-store model of memory (MSM) was proposed by Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968− 1971) MSM describes a system for how memories are made and stored There are three stores: Sensory register Short-term memory Long-term memory The stores are linked by processes that enable information to flow from each store The multi-store model of memory - A Level psychology diagram Sensory register The sensory register (SR) (also referred to as sensory memory) is where all sensory information from the environment passes into or is held There are five senses that our body detects Eyes for sight Ears for sounds Nose for smell Tongue for taste Skin for touch/pressure There are several registers (stores) within the brain for each of the senses Coding Your notes © 2025 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 2 Coding is how the memory is stored e.g. acoustic code...